Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category

Who is Alfredo Gayagay Lamen, Sr.?

March 9, 2007

Alfredo Gayagay Lamen

  • 5th Congress Representative, First District of the old Mountain Province (1961–1965)
  • First Provincial Governor, appointed and inducted by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos (1967)
  • 7th Congress Representative of the lone District of the present Mountain Province (1969–1972)

* On June 18, 1966, Republic Act 4695 divided Mt. Province into four distinct provinces, namely: Benguet, Mountain Province, Kalinga-Apayao and Ifugao.

Who is Carlos Pena Romulo?

March 9, 2007

Carlos Pena Romulo (1899-1985)

Carlos Pena Romulo

  • Philippine general, journalist and diplomat. He supported the Allies during WW II during Japanese invasion and occupation
  • president of the United Nations General Assembly (1949-50)
  • chairman of the UN Security Council; recipient of Pulitzer Prize in journalism (1942).